About this episode

The episode discusses the overrepresentation of Black children in foster care and the lasting mental health impacts of these experiences.

🧒🏾👶🏽 Black children are overrepresented in foster care, and the mental health impact can last long after childhood. These experiences don’t just disappear with age. During National Foster Care Month, let’s talk about what children truly need. 🖤 One caring adult can change a child’s entire future. #NationalFosterCareMonth #BlackMentalHealth #FosterCareAwareness #HealingGenerationalTrauma #MedicineForTheMelanatedAndMisguided

People in this episode

Host: Melanated and Misguided

Topics covered

• foster care
• mental health
• Black children
• child welfare
• generational trauma
• advocacy

Keywords

• foster care
• Black children
• mental health
• generational trauma
• advocacy
• child welfare
• National Foster Care Month

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Foster Care Month, Black Mental Health, Foster Care Awareness, Healing Generational Trauma

Books & works: Medicine for the Melanated and Misguided

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